Name: Apocalyptic Preaching and the Political Imagination in the Middle Ages (en Inglés)
SKU: 68944983
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Author: Ford, William
ISBN: 9798237203738

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Apocalyptic Preaching and the Political Imagination in the Middle Ages (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

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Colloquium Verlag

Autor

Ford, William

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Inglés

N° páginas

212

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Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9798237203738

Apocalyptic Preaching and the Political Imagination in the Middle Ages (en Inglés)

Ford, William (Autor) · Colloquium Verlag · Tapa Blanda

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Few themes exercised a more profound influence upon the medieval imagination than the expectation of the end of history. Throughout the Middle Ages, men and women interpreted wars, epidemics, famines, dynastic conflicts, ecclesiastical controversies, and natural disasters through narrative frameworks drawn from sacred scripture. The language of apocalypse was not confined to monasteries, scriptoria, or schools of theology. It resonated from cathedral pulpits, village churches, urban squares, crusade assemblies, and royal courts. Through preaching, visions of the approaching Judgment, the coming of Antichrist, the tribulations of the faithful, and the final triumph of God entered the public sphere and shaped collective understandings of authority, legitimacy, community, and power. Medieval apocalyptic preaching was therefore not merely a religious phenomenon. It was also a political one. This book explores the relationship between apocalyptic preaching and the political imagination in medieval Europe. At its heart lies the argument that sermons centered upon prophetic and eschatological themes provided medieval societies with powerful interpretative frameworks through which historical experience could be understood and political realities evaluated. Preachers did not simply predict future events. Rather, they offered explanations for present circumstances and articulated visions of the social order grounded in sacred history. In doing so, they helped shape the ways individuals and communities perceived rulers, institutions, enemies, crises, and hopes for reform.